Will Toddler be vaccinated for H1N1?

i was going through the same thing until i saw my OB. and many of my friends Pedi's say the same thing, which is that the H1N1 vaccine is no different from the seasonal flu vaccine. it is made the same way, no matter what its critics say, it is no different. they would have put the H1N1 strain of the flu in the seasonal flu shot for this year if they would have known about it in advance, but they only found out about the outbreak in the Spring of this year, so it didn't make it in the seasonal vaccine, so they had to make a separate vaccine for it.

next year, if its still going around, they will put H1N1 strain in the regular flu vaccine, and nobody ever asks the nurse "which 3 strains of the flu are in the seasonal flu vaccine this year?" ... everybody just takes it if they want it.

my OB recommended it, my pedi recommended it, and i only know one friend whose pedi didn't, and her reasoning was that she thought H1N1 was being over-hyped and that it wasn't necessary, especially since that friend is a SAHM.

and after talking to all the moms in my playgroup about it, nobody's dr. had any good reasons not to, just the normal risks that you get even for the seasonal flu - my mom's friend has a handicapped left arm from the seasonal flu shots a few years ago, every vaccine has risks, and H1N1 should be no worse than seasonal flu vaccine.

Thanks. Yes I have decided to get it for Emma and myself. I just have to find out when and where we can get it. It only rolled out here in Canada this week. I live in British Columbia and we have had a number of deaths from H1N1 and I don't want to take the chance.

By the way things have been going for me lately we would for sure end up with it. With my stress levels being so high and not getting any sleep I know my immune system is not up to par right now.

Hunter has already recieved his and will probably be getting the second dose that they are now recomending. :] My little sister got H1N1 and was around Hunter a TON for the 12 hours before we realized what she had and then some that was inevitable after that and he never got it, so I'm supposing it helped!!! :]

I am in Canada so it is a bit different. I can get Emma and our household the vaccine next week but everyday I hear someone say - Don't do it - then the next day they say do it. I am so confused... I want to make the right choice but how do I know what that is???

We can't. Isabelle is allergic to eggs so she can't have the shot. Her sister is on an immuno-suppressant so she can't have the nasal spray. The doc said that she would be contagious to her sister for two days.

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